Our team conducted a feasibility study to evaluate if silk production in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India can be expanded. We gathered information on: practices within this field; the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with this industry; and the interests and abilities of local farmers to produce silk. We collected data primarily through interviews and archival research. Regional silk production in HP may soon become endangered, but making it more self-contained and efficient could instigate expansion. We recommend that the government communicates more effectively with producers and processors of silk, and for investments to mitigate certain issues limiting silk producers' ability to be successful, such as diseases killing the silkworms they raise.

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Creator

• Vadivazhagu, Surya
• Page, Jeffrey Robert
• George, Nicholas St.
• Scarponi, Jake Pierce

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042819-034207

Stichwort

• Economic Growth, Stability, and Development

Advisor

• Shockey, Ingrid K.
• Somasse, Gbetonmasse B.

Year

• 2019

Center

• Mandi, India Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Society for Technology and Development

Date created

• 2019-04-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Zuletzt geändert

• 2021-02-03